Online ADHD Women’s Support Group

Flourish is a virtual ADHD women’s support group built for women who want useful information, real connection, and a neurodivergent-affirming place to talk about what life with ADHD actually looks like.

We meet on Sundays from 12:00–1:30 p.m. Eastern. Each meeting includes teaching, smaller-group connection, and time together as a larger group. You can participate in the way that works for you. You do not have to be talkative, polished, caught up, or having a good week to belong here.

Interested in the next Flourish support group? Join the Flourish support group waitlist →

Looking for ongoing support between groups? Join the Flourish Mighty Networks community for ADHD women.

What Happens in the ADHD Women’s Support Group?

Our 90 minutes together has a predictable structure so you know what to expect.

• About 30 minutes of teaching. We focus on ADHD in women, neurodivergence, relationships, emotional regulation, burnout, boundaries, self-accommodation, communication, shame, capacity, and other parts of daily life that are often missing from basic ADHD advice.
• About 30 minutes of small breakout connection. This gives you a chance to talk with a few other women rather than trying to connect in one large room.
• About 30 minutes together as a larger group. We come back together to reflect, ask questions, share ideas, and hear how other women are working with the same material.

Each topic also comes with workbooks and videos that you can keep. You do not have to rely on remembering everything from a live conversation. You can return to the material later when you have the time and capacity for it.

Come as You Are

Many ADHD women have spent years monitoring themselves in groups: Am I talking too much? Not enough? Am I interrupting? Do I look distracted? Am I doing this correctly?

Flourish is designed with that experience in mind. You are welcome to participate as much or as little as feels comfortable. You can listen more on some weeks and talk more on others. You can need a break. You can lose your train of thought. You can show up tired, overwhelmed, enthusiastic, uncertain, or somewhere in between.

Connection tends to work better when people are not spending the whole time trying to look like they are doing connection correctly.

Who Is the Flourish ADHD Women’s Group For?

The group is for adult women with ADHD and women who strongly identify with ADHD experiences and are still figuring out what fits. Many members were diagnosed later in life. Some have known they had ADHD for years. Some are autistic as well and identify as AuDHD. Some are exploring a broader neurodivergent identity.

You may recognize yourself in experiences such as:

• feeling overwhelmed by ordinary demands that seem easier for other people
• working much harder than people can see to stay organized or keep up
• masking, overpreparing, perfectionism, or trying to appear more capable than you feel
• emotional intensity or needing longer to recover after stress
• people-pleasing, difficulty with boundaries, or constant monitoring of other people’s reactions
• burnout, inconsistent energy, or periods when strategies that used to work suddenly stop working
• difficulty finding routines that work consistently across changing levels of capacity
• shame about attention, memory, time, clutter, communication, parenting, work, or relationships
• feeling lonely even when you are surrounded by people

You do not need to fit every description. ADHD women are not all alike, and Flourish does not assume one strategy or one explanation will fit everyone.

A Neurodivergent-Affirming and Neuroaffirming Support Group

Flourish is intentionally neurodivergent-affirming, also called neuroaffirming or neurodiversity-affirming. We take ADHD-related disability and difficulty seriously while also looking at the environment, expectations, available support, sensory demands, communication, relationships, and the amount of effort a woman is already using to keep up.

Sometimes a practical strategy helps. Sometimes the task needs to change. Sometimes the environment needs to change. Sometimes more support is needed. Sometimes a woman has been pushing past her capacity for so long that another productivity system is not the useful answer.

We make room for strengths without pretending ADHD is always a gift, and we make room for difficulty without treating neurodivergence as a character flaw.

What We Work On in Flourish

Topics change over time, but our work often includes:

• understanding your own ADHD patterns
• self-accommodation at home, work, and in relationships
• emotional regulation and recovery
• energy, capacity, and burnout
• masking and the cost of appearing capable
• people-pleasing and boundaries
• communication and relationships
• shame, self-criticism, and rebuilding self-trust
• task initiation, working memory, time, and executive-function demands
• sensory needs and overstimulation
• ADHD and hormonal changes
• asking for help and building support

We return to these topics because understanding something once is not the same as being able to use it in the middle of real life.

More Than a Weekly Meeting

The live group is one part of Flourish. Members also have access to written and video material that can be revisited after the meeting. For women who want continued connection, the Flourish Mighty Networks community offers another place to stay connected with the material and with other ADHD women.

This is especially useful for people who think of the perfect question two hours after a meeting, need more time to process, or want support that does not depend on remembering everything in one sitting.

Why an ADHD Women’s Support Group?

ADHD can look different across people, and gendered expectations can shape how women learn to cope with it. Many women arrive in adulthood with years of criticism, overcompensation, masking, people-pleasing, perfectionism, or the belief that they should be able to manage without help.

Being with other ADHD women can add context that is hard to get from a checklist of symptoms. You hear how someone else handles a similar problem. You notice that a pattern you thought was a private failure is familiar to other people. You also get to see that the same problem can require different solutions for different brains and different lives.

About Kristen McClure

Flourish is led by Kristen McClure, MSW, LCSW, a therapist, educator, coach, and writer with more than 30 years of experience. Her current work focuses extensively on ADHD and neurodivergent women, including late diagnosis, masking, emotional regulation, shame, burnout, boundaries, relationships, self-accommodation, and the ways women’s support needs can change across adulthood.

Kristen’s approach is neurodivergent-affirming, practical, and grounded in research, clinical experience, and decades of work with women and families.

Flourish support and coaching groups are educational and supportive spaces and are separate from psychotherapy. They are not a substitute for individual mental health treatment when therapy or medical care is needed.

Join the Next ADHD Women’s Support Group

If you have been looking for an online ADHD women’s support group where you can learn, connect, and participate without having to perform your way through the room, you can add your name for the next Flourish group.

Join the Flourish support group waitlist →

For ongoing connection and resources, you can also join the Flourish Mighty Networks community →

Not sure what to compare before joining? Read what to look for in an ADHD women’s support group or compare an ADHD support group vs. ADHD group coaching.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Flourish an online ADHD women’s support group?

Yes. Flourish meets virtually, so members can join from home or another private space with internet access.

When does the ADHD women’s group meet?

The group meets Sundays from 12:00–1:30 p.m. Eastern. Meetings are approximately 90 minutes.

What happens during a Flourish meeting?

We generally spend about 30 minutes learning about the week’s topic, 30 minutes in smaller breakout connection, and 30 minutes together in the larger group.

Do I have to talk in the group?

No. Participation can change from week to week. You are welcome to listen, contribute, take time to process, and participate at the level that works for you.

Do I need a formal ADHD diagnosis?

A formal diagnosis is not required to find the material useful. The group is designed around ADHD and neurodivergent experiences in adult women, including women who are late diagnosed or still exploring whether ADHD fits their experience.

Is the group neurodivergent-affirming?

Yes. Flourish uses a neurodivergent-affirming, neuroaffirming approach. We look at the person and the environment together, take support needs seriously, and do not assume every difficulty should be solved through more effort or better masking.

Is this group therapy?

No. Flourish is a support, education, and coaching space. It is separate from psychotherapy and does not replace mental health treatment when therapy is needed.

Do I get anything to use between meetings?

Yes. Flourish topics include workbooks and videos that you can keep and revisit. The Mighty Networks community also provides a place for ongoing connection and support.